Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
War(From Songs of Joy)
Davies, William Henry
William H. Davies
(An English poet whose Autobiography of a Super-tramp was given to the world with an introduction by Bernard Shaw)Y
Have pity on our human lives,
Waste not more blood on human strife;
Until we know some way to use
This human blood we take or lose,
’Tis sin to sacrifice our life.
And make puddings for our food,
The sweetest and the cheapest meat;
And many a woman, man and boy
Have ate those puddings with great joy,
And oft-times in the open street.
Of this sweet life we lose or take,
Some kind of pudding of man’s gore;
So that the clergy in each parish
May save the lives of those that famish
Because meat’s dear and times are poor.